Abstract
The 4-CHNOCH3 group is a cation-stabilizing group when placed in the para-position of a cumyl cation. The effect of this group on cumyl cations when flanked by adjacent methyl groups has now been determined. Solvolysis rates of 3,5-(CH3)2-4-(CHNOCH3)cumyl trifluoroacetates are somewhat slower than that of 3,5-dimethylcumyl trifluoroacetate. This is attributed to steric inhibition of the cation-stabilizing resonance effect of the p-oximino group. In a 1-adamantyl system, where an α-oximino group has been placed directly adjacent to a developing cationic center, solvolysis rates relative to 1-adamantyl mesylate are slowed by a factor of 108. This is attributed a cation-destabilizing inductive effect where geometric constraints prevent stabilizing orbital overlap of the cationic center with the adjacent α-oximino group. This cation-destabilizing effect fades in the homoadamantyl and the bicyclo[3.3.1]nonyl systems, where rate-retarding effects are 1.6 × 104 and 1.5 × 102, respectively. The behavior of geomet...
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